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Workers on the storage tank at Midland
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Monthly report—February 2006
Clinton hearing held
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Work activities on the Midland Phase II project
during February included:
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Completion of installation of the precast concrete
roof over the electrical gallery of the underground
disinfection tank. Backfilling of three sides of the
tank is 80% completed.
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Continuation of the concrete pours for the vertical
walls of the underground storage tank and RTF. In
total for the entire facility, 13,519 cubic yards of
concrete have been poured of an estimated 23,000 cubic
yards planned for the total facility (58.8%).
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Continued installing sheeting along the 144-inch
pipeline route.
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Commenced installation of two 72-inch prestressed
cylindrical concrete pipe (PCCP) vortex lines to the
underground disinfection tank. This task is now 70%
complete.
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The 72-inch PCCP odor control line from the underground
storage tank is 30% complete.
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Two dewatering wells were installed for activation
before installation of the 144-inch prestressed
concrete conveyance pipe.
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The amount paid to all four prime contractors
on this project is $23,143,591, 43.4% of the
entire contract.
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Design activities on the Midland Phase III project
included:
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Initiated property acquisition survey-related services
with subconsultant Bryant Associates
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Progressed development of investigation of utility
locations related to conveyance route
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Letters sent to adjacent property owners and residents
to potential pipeline route.
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The public hearing on the Clinton Street CSO Abatement Project Facility Plan (Nov 2005) and Clinton CSO Abatement: Environmental Information Document (Nov 2005) was held
February 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the MOST. About seventy
people were present. Legal notices and advertisements
were placed in local newspapers, and notices were
mailed to over 250 property owners, businesses, and
residents in the Armory Square area. A transcript of
the hearing was taken and a responsiveness summary
will be compiled. The public comment period ends March
23.
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The proposed 2006 Ambient Monitoring Program was
submitted for review to NYSDEC on February 27. The
program is scheduled to start April 1.
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Letters were sent on February 13 to residents and
property owners in the neighborhoods to be affected by
the next sewer separation project—CSO basins 047 and
048. Portions of the following streets will be
affected by the installation of new sewer lines: West
and East Bissell streets and South Avenue near
Onondaga Avenue.
(ACJ completion date—Phase II RTF—9/1/05 (revised) & Phase III Conveyance—5/01/07. Further Milestone revisions requested)
Concrete pours continued this month for vertical walls
in both the underground storage tank and treatment
area of the facility. Total amount of concrete poured
to date is 13,519 cubic yards of an estimated 23,000
cubic yards for the completed facility.
Dewatering of the site continued with daily sampling
and flow rates taken. Additional dewatering wells were
installed in the area of the pipeline. These wells
will be activated before installation of the 144-inch
prestressed concrete pipe.
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Sheeting along the 72-inch odor control duct
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Continued installation of two 72-inch vortex separator
effluent lines to the underground disinfection tank
(70% complete).
Commenced installation of 72-inch odor control duct (30%
complete).
Geotechnical monitoring instrumentation reports
continue to be compiled and submitted to the County.
As of February 28, 44.7% of the contract time has been
expended, and 43.4% of the contract funds for the four
main contractors and their subcontractors have been expended.
Upcoming work
Work anticipated for March 2006 includes:
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Continuation of backfilling the underground
disinfection tank
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Continuation of wall pours in underground storage
tank, RTF, and wet well areas
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Commence installation of supports and formwork for
the cast-in-place roof over the underground storage tank
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Further installation of steel sheeting along the
pipeline route where blasting has taken place and
removal of remaining cemented gravel
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Continued dewatering in wet well area
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Continued installation of 72-inch vortex pipe, 72-inch odor
control line, 18-inch underflow lines, and 16-inch wet well
underflow/force main lines to the MIS before pouring
of RTF base slab
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The electrical contractor, Ridley, is expected to
begin mobilizing to the site in preparation to install
conduit as work areas become available.
Midland Phase III activities
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Underground storage tank at Midland, Feb 21, 2006
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A letter dated February 3, 2006 was sent by certified
mail to an additional property owner of lands needed
for acquisition by the County for the pipeline. A
total of five occupied properties are to be acquired.
Letters were also sent dated February 2, 2006 to about
forty property owners (including the City School
District-Danforth Magnet) whose properties are
adjacent to or near the construction corridor to
inform them of the status of the project.
Construction on the Phase III pipeline is slated to
begin in July 2007 and be completed by January 2009.
Construction on the Phase III pipeline will begin at
the West Castle Street end and progress over 2½ years
toward West Newell Street. No single area will be
affected for the full 2½ years, and the length of time
that construction will take place along each street
depends on the size of the pipe to be installed. The
pipeline ranges in size from 12 feet in diameter near
West Castle Street to 4 feet in diameter near Newell
Street.
(ACJ dates—Commence construction of conveyances and RTF—10/28/04 [revised]—Further milestone revision requested.)
Responsiveness summary sent
A responsiveness
summary was compiled on the public
meeting held November 29 and the public comment period
that closed on December 30. Two written comments were
received, and about thirty people attended the meeting.
Responsiveness summaries were mailed to meeting
participants and local officials on February 6, 2006
and placed in the Galleries library and on the
County's website.
Public hearing held
The public hearing for the Clinton Street CSO Abatement Project Facility Plan (Nov 2005) and Clinton CSO Abatement: Environmental Information Document (Nov 2005) was held
on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the MOST.
Notices of the hearing were sent to over 250 people
including property owners, businesses, and residents
of the Armory Square area. Property owners including
the City of Syracuse received notices of the public
hearing via certified mail sent February 2, 2006.
Legal notices were placed in the
Syracuse Post-Standard
and the
Environmental Notice Bulletin,
and advertisements appeared in the
Post-Standard
and
The Syracuse New Times.
Approximately seventy people attended the hearing, and
sixteen people gave testimony. Speakers included
representatives of the Armory Square Association,
members of the Onondaga Creek Partnership, area
residents, representatives of the mayor's office and
Metropolitan Development Association, local
merchants, and nearby businesses.
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Setting the 72-inch vortex lines at Midland—from the disinfection tank
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The public comment period closes on March 23, 2006.
[Transcript of the public hearing.]
Meetings were held and contacts were made with property owners and
other interested parties including Hanford and Rescue
Mission.
The goal of the Clinton project is to address the
abatement of eleven CSOs between Fayette and Oneida
streets to be served by a Clinton area facility
located near downtown Syracuse. The Facility Plan evaluates
alternative technologies to address the overflows and
alternative sites for a storage-treatment facility and
includes a recommended plan and site near Clinton
Street between the elevated railroad tracks and Onondaga
creek.
(ACJ completion date for in-water system—7/1/02—Not implementable—Milestone Revision requested)
Responsiveness summary completed
The summary was completed and sent out to about forty
people including meeting participants, local
officials, and other interested parties in January. Alternative
routes proposed by the public for the Park Avenue
conveyance were researched to respond to the comments
and suggestions. The County's proposed Park Avenue
route continues to be the recommended route by the
County. See Responsiveness
Summary for the detailed reasons.
Property owners of land needed for acquisition for
this project have been notified, and communications
are underway.
Conveyance project activities
Geotechnical work, soil borings, and topographic
survey work continue. Performed preliminary evaluation
of microtunneling for lower basin.
The original draft facility plan outlined and
evaluated alternative technologies and sites for
facilities to abate and treat the eighteen CSOs that
release to Harbor Brook. The 2004-05 Facility Plan
recommends specific technologies and sites that
include two regional storage and treatment facilities,
five underground floatables control facilities,
upgrading two pumping stations, and installation of
conveyance pipeline to transport CSO flow to the
facilities. The sites identified for purchase for the
storage and treatment facilities are on vacant
privately owned land.
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Next area for sewer separation—South Avenue (at Centennial Drive)
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The next sewer separation project under the ACJ
program will take place this year. Advertisement for
bids appeared February 28 for the construction
contract for CSO areas 047 and 048 located along
Onondaga Creek near Bissell Street, Onondaga Avenue,
South Avenue, and Centennial Drive.
On February 13, notification letters were sent to
residents and property owners in the areas to be
affected that stated that work is scheduled to begin
in the late spring or early summer of this year.
The Annual Lake Day event sponsored by the Partnership
has been scheduled for Saturday, June 3, 2006 at
Onondaga Lake Park.
The following projects have been completed since July
2002. They are not classified as
interim projects.
The following is a summary of the projects completed
under the Amended Consent Judgment (Appendix B pages 10-12). Each of these
ten CSO-related projects had a major milestone
completion date of July 1, 2002. Some of these interim
projects were completed well ahead of the major
milestone date, and all except two met the major
milestone date.
The projects are listed by date completed:
Under Appendix A of the Amended Consent Judgment, certain improvement
projects at Metro were designated as
interim projects
and given a major milestone date for completion of
July 1, 2002. All six projects were completed by the
milestone date, and most were completed well ahead of
schedule. The projects are listed below by date
completed:
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Miranda Adams, new Midland project intern from Fowler High School, reviews Metro plant operations with John Seracini, Plant Operations Manager
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Adams and Seracini at UV disinfection facility
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Sampling conducted this month included routine
biweekly tributary sampling conducted on February 7
and 22. No monthly winter sampling conducted. No river
or event-based sampling was conducted this month.
Biological monitoring—Fisheries
Field and laboratory activities are complete for the
2005 monitoring season for the fisheries program.
Staff completed pressing and aging the black bass
scales that were collected during the fall of 2005
monitoring season.
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Onondaga Lake Park, Feb 2006
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Macroinvertebrate program
Completed laboratory sorting and QA/QC of the Lake
macroinvertebrate samples collected in June 2005.
None to report.
None to report.
None to report.
None to report.
Action items of the County Legislature in February:
No items.
Upcoming for March legislative session: Authorizing
and ratifying the County of Onondaga to act as lead
agency for the Harbor Brook sewer improvement project
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and
the State Environmental Review Process; determining
the classification of a Type I action; adopting a
negative declaration; and authorizing the publication,
circulation, service, and filing of the environmental
assessment form, DEID, and the negative declaration.
Upcoming for March Committee:
Authorizing the acquisition of real property to enable
the County of Onondaga to comply with requirements set
forth in the Onondaga Lake Amended Consent Judgment for the construction,
operation and maintenance of Phase III of the Midland
RTF and conveyances project ($38,000).
Authorizing an intermunicipal agreement with the
City of Syracuse for sewer separation for CSO basins
047 and 048.
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Canal from Inner Harbor to Onondaga Lake, Feb 2006 (utility cable in foreground)
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State Bond Act funds
Payments received this month from State Bond
Act funds:
None to report.
Total received to date in State Bond Act funds:
$85,051,323.
Federal EPA funds
None to report.
Total received to date in Federal EPA funds:
$63,056,835.
Federal Army Corps of Engineers funds
None to report
Total received to date from U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers funds: $8,176,723.
The following reimbursement payments were
received from EFC during February: None to report.
Total reimbursement monies received to date through
EFC Loans for the funded ACJ projects:
$159,069,198 (short term),
$10,303,528 (long term).
Chronology of project construction starts
Contractors for construction projects
Lake Improvement Project Office
Grants and loans applied for—not yet approved
Grants received
Financial status report
—Midland photos courtesy of Ken Jackson, CDM
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Susan Miller, Project Deputy Director
Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection